Two Athens-Clarke police officers were dispatched to a west Athens home early Thursday in response to a report that a 19-year-old man was "possessed" and attacking family members.

When officers arrived, they found family members and two EMTs attempting to restrain the man, who was growling, snarling and speaking in a "demonic tone" and making guttural sounds, according to the report. The man's muscles were rigid and he was overpowering his restrainers, so the two officers placed him in handcuffs, police said.

The man's body then went limp and a cousin told officers he awoke to find the man casting a spell on him and drawing a symbol onto his forehead. The man was transported to a hospital for treatment.